Dean Ahmed
Name
Dean Ahmed
From
Essex, GB
Occupation
Entrepreneur
Deployment date
10th June 2022
Destination
Bekaa & Aarsal, Lebanon
Was this your first deployment?
no
Interests
Cricket, Sport
What attracted you to charity work?
What I will say is, the heart is surely at its most fulfilled when you are helping mankind. So much so, I went back just a few weeks later. Having never fundraised before, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But you have to put yourself out there and you’ll be overwhelmed by the support. Thanks to the almighty, I managed to raise over £12,000 for the people in need.
What did you learn on this deployment?
The deployment was the best week of my life. Words can’t do justice on what the experience was like. was thoroughly impressed by the organisation of Salam Charity also. We weren’t just helping people, but it was always the neediest and that’s particularly important.
3,100
Food Packs
2,950
Hot Meals
52
Tents Rehabilitated
295
Orphans Sponsored
125
Families Sponsored
63,700
Litres of Heating Fuel*
67,900
Bread Packs*
700
Blanket Packs
1,640
Clothing Packs
Project Caption
Salam Charity has been working in Lebanon for several years and the need now is greater than ever. More and more Lebanese communities are falling below the international poverty line and life is becoming unbearable for the Syrian and Palestinian refugees. Salam Charity focusses on long term sustainable projects that will enable people to lift themselves out of hardship.
Here is a snapshot of one of the projects that Salam Charity is providing in Lebanon.
Campaign
Lebanon Tuktuk Project
Region covered
Beqaa Valley (Bar Elias)
Projects undertaken
Supplying tuk-tuks as an income opportunity for vulnerable families.
Campaign objective
We aim to remove people from the cycle of poverty by creating job opportunities. A tuktuk offers the chance for people to generate income for their households.
Primary beneficiaries
The tuktuk driver and their immediate families
Secondary beneficiaries
The wider community who benefit from the tuktuks, such as those living in the refugee camps where car access is difficult. Children in the camps who can’t get to school. Emergency medical cases where waiting for a taxi would be the difference between life and death.
Funding
This project is an income generating initiative where the proceeds and profit go back into purchasing new vehicles. We started with a fleet of 5 and now we have 16 (funded through a combination of donations and proceeds from the project).
Another Caption
Salam charity also provide other lifesaving services to those most in need. Here are some of the other projects we are currently working on in Lebanon:
Healthcare
Salam Charity operates our flagship healthcare centre, Shifa Clinic in the region of Shebaa, South Lebanon providing lifesaving medical treatment and medicine.
Food Packs
Our food culturally sensitive packs are specifically designed to ensure that they meet the needs of a family of 5 for an entire month.
Education
The Tent of Dreams, our informal education centres in the Akkar, North Lebanon, teaches children basic literacy and numeracy offering them a steppingstone into full time education.
Orphan Sponsorship
We help children who have lost one or both their parents by offering them cash assistance to help towards their education, food, clothing, and anything else the child may need.
Family Sponsorship
Our family sponsorship projects are designed with the entire family in mind. We offer cash assistance to help the family towards food, shelter, utility bills or anything else the family may need to help them look forward to a brighter future.
